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Congressman Mark Meadows: Foreign actors had access to Hillary Clinton's private email server

Ivan Pentchoukov
The Epoch Times
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC
Hillary
© Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty ImagesHillary Clinton
Foreign actors obtained access to the private, unauthorized email server that Hillary Clinton used during her time as secretary of state, according to Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.)

"There is no denying that foreign actors actually had access to the server," Meadows told The Epoch Times at a conservative political conference in Australia on Aug. 10. "The question is, to what extent. And I think there are several members of Congress who believe that [it] was a lot more invasive than perhaps the original inspector general's report."

Meadows made the statement while responding to a question about a supplementary report that Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz sent to lawmakers. In testimony before Congress in 2018, Horowitz promised to update the House Judiciary and Oversight committees on what steps the FBI took to investigate a lead from the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG).

The ICIG told the FBI that an anomaly in the metadata of Clinton's email messages suggested that a foreign third-party received a copy of virtually every email that passed through the server.
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US State Dept. slaps Iranian supertanker with visa ban after its release from Gibraltar


RT
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 07:45 UTC
Grace 1
© Reuters/Jon NazcaThe deck of Grace 1
Hours after Washington failed to persuade the Gibraltar authorities to not release the Iranian oil tanker, the State Department warned that anyone linked to the vessel will not be able to travel to the US.

Unable to stop the Iranian supertanker Grace 1 from leaving Gibraltar, the US will target its crew, comprised of Indian, Filipino, Latvian, and Russian citizens. The sailors are now accused of aiding Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), labeled as a "terrorist organization" by the US.

"Crewmembers of vessels assisting the IRGC by transporting oil from Iran may be ineligible for visas or admission to the United States under the terrorism-related inadmissibility grounds," a statement released by the State Department reads.
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Look what happened when she supported Libya! Chinese media slams Hillary Clinton over Hong Kong comments


RT
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:31 UTC
H.Clinton/Fight Tripoli
© Reuters/Yosni al-Jamal/Clodagh KilcoyneHillary Clinton • Fighting in southern Tripoli, Libya, June 22, 2019
A newspaper operated by China's Communist Party pulled no punches on Hillary Clinton's support for Hong Kong protesters, noting her role in past foreign policy debacles ranging from the Iraq War to US intervention in Libya.

"@HillaryClinton has called for support of the rioters in Hong Kong. Let's see what happened when she 'supported' Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iraq," the People's Daily tweeted.

The accompanying video shows clips of Hillary Clinton throughout her tumultuous political career, advocating for wars and foreign policy positions that have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people across the Middle East and North Africa.


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Trump backing new book's allegations that Obama knew collusion charges were phony

Dave Boyer
The Washington Times
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:37 UTC
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© Associated Press/Michael Sohn/ FileIn this April 6, 2019, file photo, former President Barack Obama attends a town hall meeting at the "European School For Management And Technology" (ESMT) in Berlin, Germany.
President Trump on Thursday endorsed the view in a new book that then-President Barack Obama knew about his Justice Department pushing an investigation into phony charges of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016.

"A very serious situation," Mr. Trump tweeted about the allegations of Mr. Obama's complicity. "Can never be allowed to happen again! DRAIN THE SWAMP."

Comment: The evidence of Obama's complicity seems pretty clear:

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North Korea snubs peace talks with South Korea over continued war drills with US


BBC
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:56 UTC
Kim Jong-un
© 93.1 WIBC
North Korea has rejected any further talks with South Korea, calling its decision "completely the fault of South Korea's actions".

It issued a statement in response to a speech by South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Thursday.

Meanwhile, early on Friday North Korea test-fired two missiles into the sea off its eastern coast, the South Korean military said.

It is the sixth such test in less than a month.

The two "unidentified projectiles" were fired about 08:00 (23:00 GMT Thursday) and travelled 230km (140 miles) reaching an altitude of 30km (18 miles), South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Six days ago, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan/East Sea.

The series of tests comes after US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed during a meeting in June to restart denuclearisation negotiations.

North Korea has faced international sanctions for its development of nuclear weapons.

Comment: Trump admits that the are drills 'expensive and provocative', Kim would prefer not to do them, and the South hopes to reunite with the North by 2045, so it begs the question why these drills are going ahead at all? For an idea on possible influences, see: How Trump sabotaged the North Korea summit to appease the hawks and lied about Kim's terms

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Ron Paul on Hong Kong conflict: No matter where there's revolution, we're there


RT
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 17:43 UTC
police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstration at Sham Shui Po
© REUTERS/Tyrone SiuAnti-extradition bill protesters react after the police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstration at Sham Shui Po, in Hong Kong, China August 14, 2019.
The United States has a habit of involving itself in political unrest all over the world, Ron Paul said, noting that Washington lacks the moral authority to lecture China about the unrest in Hong Kong.

The former Texas congressman and presidential candidate said that he wasn't surprised by reports of US involvement in demonstrations that have rocked Kong Hong since March.

"No matter where there's a revolution starting or stirring, we're there, because we have a lot at stake," he told Politicking host Larry King.

Paul sharply criticized statements made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other US lawmakers warning China of consequences if the crisis in Hong Kong wasn't settled to Washington's liking.

He argued that using political unrest in the semi-autonomous territory to "attack" China is "foolish."
We in the United States don't have the moral authority to think that we can go in and lecture and change [the situation in Hong Kong].

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Trump's oil sanctions on Venezuela and Iran make Russian crude exporters $1 billion richer


RT
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 11:44 UTC
oil field
© Reuters / Sergei KarpukhinFILE PHOTO: The Ashalchinskoye oil field, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
US economic pressure on Iran and Venezuela has deprived world oil markets of two large exporters. However, this gap has been filled by Russian supplies, earning its oil firms at least $905 million in cash, according to Bloomberg.

The demand for Russian crude has also been boosted by the output cuts imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allied major oil exporting states. The two factors reportedly allowed Russia's Urals blend oil to gain leverage over Brent, the global benchmark against which Urals blend has traditionally traded at a discount.

Urals is heavy oil. It is a mix of the sour oil of the Urals and the Volga region with the light oil of Western Siberia. Analyst at JBC Energy, Konstantsa Rangelova, explained that sanctions on Iran and Venezuela had created a shortage of competing heavier, sourer crude. This brought the demand for Urals blend in the Mediterranean to "an all-time high."

As of Thursday the blend was trading at $56.12 per barrel, while Brent neared $59 per barrel.
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Report says Trump in real estate mode, toying with idea of 'buying' Greenland, internet loses its mind


RT
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:55 UTC
greenland
© Reuters / Lucas JacksonMight Tasiilaq in Eastern Greenland become Trump Village North?
He might have taken up a new job, but US President Donald Trump, a real estate mogul turned-politician, is reportedly back to his old ways and is now looking to buy Greenland, Denmark's self-governing territory.

Trump's half-joking, half-serious intent to lay his hands on Greenland, an icy and snowy land owned by Denmark, was reported by the Wall Street Journal, citing sources, on Thursday.

Trump "listened with interest" to his advisers discussing Greenland's vast natural resources and its strategic location and has directed his White House counsel to study the issue in earnest, the sources said.

Comment: Greenlanders are understandably not keen on the idea:
Greenland's foreign minister has responded to reports that US President Donald Trump discussed purchasing the autonomous Danish territory, remarking that the island wasn't for sale.

"We are open for business but we're not for sale," Ane Lone Bagger told Reuters.

"It has to be an April Fool's joke. Totally out of season," former Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Twitter.

"If he is truly contemplating this, then this is final proof that he has gone mad," Soren Espersen, Foreign Affairs spokesman for the Danish People's Party, told DR, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
The thought of Denmark selling 50,000 citizens to the United States is completely ridiculous.
The remark was leaked to the press as Trump prepares to visit Copenhagen in September, causing a media flurry about what kind of reception the US president receives when he arrives in the Scandinavian country.
Is this just Trump being Trump, throwing out all kinds of ideas from serious to whacky, for feedback and possible trolling? It's the same style with which he ran his businesses.

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Attention

Assange Must Not Also Die in Jail

Craig Murray
craigmurray.org
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC
Assange prison
The highly dubious death of Jeffrey Epstein in a US maximum security prison is another strong reason not to extradite Julian Assange into one - particularly as many of the same people who are relieved by Epstein's death would like to see Assange dead too.

But there is every reason to fear Assange is already in danger, in Belmarsh maximum security prison, where he is currently incarcerated. As the great journalist John Pilger tweeted six days ago:
Do not forget Julian #Assange. Or you will lose him.
I saw him in Belmarsh prison and his health has deteriorated. Treated worse than a murderer, he is isolated, medicated and denied the tools to fight the bogus charges of US extradition. I now fear for him. Do not forget him.

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Black Magic

Netanyahu sees ambassador to US or Mossad chief as possible successor


Times of Israel
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:11 UTC
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© (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)Yossi Cohen, the head of the Mossad, is seen in a committee meeting at the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2015.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said he sees the head of the Mossad intelligence agency or Israel's ambassador to the United States as his prospective successor after he bows out of political life, according to a report on Thursday.

"There are two people I consider fit to lead the State of Israel — Yossi Cohen and Ron Dermer," Netanyahu was quoted by the Walla news site as telling his associates, in a rare comment on the country's future leadership after his retirement.

Political sources who overheard the comment told Walla they were surprised no Likud bigwigs, such as popular MK Gideon Sa'ar or Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan — or any other politicians for that matter — made the list.

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